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Animal-based medicines used in ethnoveterinary practices in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil
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Autores: Souto,Wedson M.S.; Barboza,Raynner R.D.; Rocha,Michelle S.P.; Alves,Rômulo R.N.; Mourão,José S.
This work documents the zootherapeutic practices in Ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) of Pedra Lavrada (6°45'S, 36°28'W), Northeastern Brazil. We interviewed 23 people (22 men and 1 woman), who provided information on animal species used as remedies, body parts used to prepare the remedies, and illnesses for which the remedies were prescribed. We calculated the use-value to determine the most important species. Interviewees cited 11 animal taxa. The main species mentioned were ram - Ovis aries (UV=0.89), crab-eating fox - Cerdocyon thous (UV=0.79), common green iguana - Iguana iguana (UV=0.79), and South American rattlesnake - Caudisona durissa (Linnaeus, 1758) (UV=0.74). The most frequently cited treatments concerned to inflammatory and dermatological...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Ethnoveterinary; Livestock; Traditional knowledge; Traditional remedies; Zootherapy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652012000300009